{"id":1138,"date":"2020-09-30T17:05:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T17:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farefwd.com\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2020-12-30T18:36:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T18:36:18","slug":"first-and-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farefwd.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/30\/first-and-last\/","title":{"rendered":"First and Last"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1138\" class=\"elementor elementor-1138\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ae692f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ae692f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79f3e72a\" data-id=\"79f3e72a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ac98db2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ac98db2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4eef3dad\" data-id=\"4eef3dad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51369df9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51369df9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">First and Last<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f7db6ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f7db6ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67a4fb69\" data-id=\"67a4fb69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0fe70b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0fe70b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-71138e49\" data-id=\"71138e49\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d77f433 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d77f433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By Chris E. W. Green\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ee15afc\" data-id=\"3ee15afc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5c12b9 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5c12b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin-right: 3.0in; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Garamond',serif;\">Before I wrote these words,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>before I knew how to write,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>before my late mother signed my name for the first time, to my father\u2019s delight, before the Hurrian hymns or the cretic meter, before divorce scripts or gravestones or marriage seals, before tabulations or registries, before the first letters were formed, hastily, no doubt, and late at night, before a poet first felt the fevered lack of them, before a scar first marked a slave, a slave, before the first priest first lifted up a sacrifice with her praise, before names summoned either a face or a thing, before the mammoth-stalker\u2019s first whispered warning, before my first father\u2019s first call charmed his lovers in the morning, before the groan of grief, before the squeal of pleasure, before the first predictive gesture, before larynx or teeth, before breath and the bones of the hand, a word was there, just abiding, uncreated: a blessing, and not a curse. And I give it to you now, at last, like this. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-754e2870 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"754e2870\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1db5cf12\" data-id=\"1db5cf12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-688c9aa6\" data-id=\"688c9aa6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f8696d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f8696d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Chris E.W. Green<\/strong> is Professor of Public Theology at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. His books include <\/em>Surprised by God<em> and <\/em>The\u00a0End Is Music<em>.<\/em><\/p><p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;First and Last&#8221; by Chris E. W. 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